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Reinforcements arrive in Normandy after its capture by Allied forces on D-Day during WW2
British, Canadian and United States soldiers clear up beachheads, receive reinforcements in Normandy after D-Day in World War 2. Soldiers sit on the beach, a sign says “Navy Beach C.P.”. Infantrymen dig in on the beach for protection. Sitting behind sandbags, a soldier fixes his belongings. Reinforcements and new supplies arrive in Normandy. Reinforcement troops and equipment land on beach. Soldiers in moving US Army truck. M4 Sherman-dozer, a tank with a bulldozer blade and outfitted with snorkel exhaust to make it a wading tank, also known as a tank dozer, clears the beach. This M4 dozer was named "Double Trouble" and operated by the 70th Tank Battalion. A body is seen in the foreground. Soldiers land on beach from LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized). Reinforcements carry supplies on their backs. Heavy machinery and vehicles land on beach from ships. GMC CCKW cargo trucks on beachhead in Normandy. Armored tanks (M4 Sherman tanks) move into a French town. Soldiers walk in meadow. A light tank enters a road towards Ver-sur-Mer. The location might be La Platine, just outside Courseulles-Sur-Mer. A sign reading “Dump Mae West” indicates to soldiers where to drop their life preservers. An M10 tank destroyer crosses a bridge. Infantrymen move into beach and grassy field. A Mk IV Centaur tank crosses a bridge. United States soldiers march along wall, one carrying a metal detector. A soldier carries carries a heavy machine gun, possibly a Browning M1917, and ammunition belt on his shoulders. United States Infantrymen wade through muddy water, passing by the corpse of a German soldier.
General Eisenhower and Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay monitor D-Day from ship; General Montgomery visit, Allied fighters strafe Luftwaffe aircraft.
Allied invasion of Normandy (D-Day) during World War 2. United States General Dwight Eisenhower and British Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay observes the invasion of Normandy onboard a ship. Sailors stand in formation onboard a warship as General Bernard L. Montgomery comes aboard. Two bombers (Martin B-26 Marauder) in flight. Aerial view of French countryside. German Luftwaffe fighters engage in a dogfight with Allied fighters. German plane (likely a Focke Wulf Fw-190) flies low over the ground, gets strafed by an Allied plane’s MG guns. German fighters explode in mid-air after being directly hit. German planes on the ground are strafed.
United States General Joseph Stilwell and Colonel Lewis A. Pick supervise the construction of the Ledo Road in India during WW2
Tree falls during construction of Ledo Road in World War 2. Aerial view of Ledo Road construction. United States General Joseph Stilwell and Colonel Lewis A. Pick closely watch the construction of the Ledo Road. A bulldozer push away soil in jungle roadwork. Truck drives on muddy road. A bulldozer pushes a fallen tree away. Chinese infantry arrive in Assam, India to help defend construction of the Ledo Road to China. Chinese soldiers wearing both United States and British military helmets marching. Chinese soldier fires artillery. Chinese soldiers move through jungle, shoots at Japanese invaders.
RAF crew of Vickers Wellington OJ-F start engines during WWII.
Period dramatization: British Royal Air Force (RAF) bomber pilots, part of No. 149 Squadron RAF suit up after a briefing on a mission during World War 2 at RAF Mildenhall. A pilot finds his helmet under a seat after a meeting. View of a Vickers Wellington OJ-F 'F for Freddie'. Crew disembark from a military truck after their arrival at bomber. Crew climbs ladder into bomber. View inside Wellington bomber as crew prepares for mission. Radio operator seated and adjusts radio. Pilot puts on his helmet inside the cockpit. A nose gunner climbs through fuselage of Wellington bomber to the nose gun. View outside bomber as gunner prepares inside nose gun. Pilot yells, "start her up" as ground crew members hold bag against engine manifold during startup. Propeller of Vickers Wellington OJ-F begins to move. Other engine is similarly started. Vickers Wellington bomber running its engine before takeoff. Ground control equipment that appears to be ground controlled approach radar equipment (GCA) is towed into place on the airfield.
Vickers Wellington No. 149 Squadron RAF takes off during WW2
Period dramatization: British Royal Air Force (RAF) station groundcrew assist Vickers Wellington No. 149 Squadron RAF during taxiing and take off from RAF Mildenhall airfield during World War 2. A ground control crew member salutes to an officer, the air controller, entering the control room of a portable ground controlled approach radar equipment (GCA) room. Air controller stands on a wooden stool to look through a bubble window in the control room’s ceiling. Air controller tests his radio, saying, "ground control, are you receiving?" View of air direction indicator on air field. Engines running on Vickers Wellington bomber at sunset along with "OC" on fuselage. “You may taxi out and take off!” the air controller says after a pilot asks for clearance on the radio. A Vickers Wellington bomber taxiing. Evening view of lighted bubble window of air control trailer as air controller inside watches the Vickers Wellington bomber taking off. Vickers Wellington bomber flying over RAF Mildenhall airfield. “C for Charlie airborne sir! Nineteen hours thirty-five minutes!” a RAF officer says as he enters air control trailer. Air controller standing in control room dome relays information, saying, "C Charlie took off 19:35." Inside air control headquarters at RAF Mildenhall as RAF officer smokes a pipe while another RAF officer writes flight information on the blackboard. More Vickers Wellington bombers taxi and take off from the airfield one by one. Vickers Wellington OJ-F 'F for Freddie' kicking up dust as groundcrew watches. Vickers Wellington OJ-F 'F for Freddie' taking off as the last Vickers Wellington bombers in No. 149 Squadron departs for Germany at night. View of pilot in Vickers Wellington as he radios to crew, "OK chaps, here we go!" RAF officer writes down the last aircraft’s departure time as “19:51”.
German soldiers shoot gas shell, German Kaiser Wilhelm II observes, Allied troops marching.
German soldiers wearing gas masks load a gas shell into artillery in the 1918 Spring Offensive (also known as the Kaiserschlacht or “Kaiser’s Battle”) during World War I. Soldiers fire gas shell from artillery. German soldiers assume “brace position” in trenches. From an observation position, German Emperor Wilhelm II speaks to German generals belonging to the Supreme Army Command or the Oberste Heeresleitung (OHL). German troops advance from the trenches, running past obstacles. British soldiers firing with artillery. Soldiers running as noxious gas disperses in the battlefield, with German soldiers in trenches. A French soldier uses a telephone under a tree during a battle. United States soldiers marching with rifles. French troops wearing gas masks fire with artillery, stacks of shells amassed alongside them. Allied troops, including French soldiers and American soldiers, marching in farmland. Bodies of German soldiers killed lying in meadow.
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